That's right. I was almost involved in a car accident with a police car. PLOTTWIST: It was the cop's fault. It was also my first time ever driving out by myself.
My parents and three of my sisters were out at a barn exercising our horse. I had already dropped off my brother and other sister at their gun safety/shooting sports class about five or six miles down the road. It was about 11:00am and they were done so I left to go pick them up. I was on Highway BB towards Hillsboro, MO. The speed limit is literally a limit, because it would probably be pretty tough to hit 55mph on the winding two-lane road with no shoulder and rock faces and dropoffs on either side.
I was going probably anywhere between 40 and 50 and saw a car gaining behind me. As he got closer, I saw that it was a brown unmarked Crown Victoria interceptor. It didn't have a spotlight, but it did have the Missouri State Highway Patrol license plates. He eventually began riding up on my bumper (to the point of tailgating), but I ignored him.
As I drove for about ten minutes, I saw my turn approaching, which was a small field next to a water treatment plant. Next to it was a line of about four baseball fields. There was a good 400ft left before I flicked my turn signal and began to gradually slow down. As my wheels began to go to the right to make the turn, I heard a loud screech and a blaring horn (he clearly wasn't paying attention). I instantly looked in the mirror and saw smoke pouring from the police car's tires as he was sliding towards me. I hit the gas hard to get out of the turn and he continued past me. A guy who was leaving the field in his truck was looking at the police car like "What the hell was that?" and started laughing.
After I picked up my brother and sister, I went back over the area and their were deep black tire marks crossing the center line. I don't think many people can say that the first time they drove by themselves that they were almost hit by a police car.
